[HTML][HTML] Quantitative overview of marine debris ingested by marine megafauna

S Kühn, JA Van Franeker - Marine pollution bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
This review quantifies plastic interaction in marine biota. Firstly, entanglement and ingestion
records for all marine birds, mammals, turtles, fish, and invertebrate species, are …

Avian SDMs: current state, challenges, and opportunities

JO Engler, D Stiels, K Schidelko… - Journal of Avian …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying species distributions using species distribution models (SDMs) has emerged as
a central method in modern biogeography. These empirical models link species occurrence …

Why choose Random Forest to predict rare species distribution with few samples in large undersampled areas? Three Asian crane species models provide supporting …

C Mi, F Huettmann, Y Guo, X Han, L Wen - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Species distribution models (SDMs) have become an essential tool in ecology,
biogeography, evolution and, more recently, in conservation biology. How to generalize …

Elevated levels of ingested plastic in a high Arctic seabird, the northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

AM Trevail, GW Gabrielsen, S Kühn, JA Van Franeker - Polar Biology, 2015 - Springer
Plastic pollution is of worldwide concern; however, increases in international commercial
activity in the Arctic are occurring without the knowledge of the existing threat posed to the …

[HTML][HTML] Vessels, risks, and rules: Planning for safe shipping in Bering Strait

HP Huntington, R Daniel, A Hartsig, K Harun… - Marine Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
Commercial vessel traffic through the Bering Strait is increasing. This region has high
biological and cultural significance, to which commercial shipping poses several risks. For …

Seasonal spatial patterns in seabird and marine mammal distribution in the eastern Chukchi and western Beaufort seas: Identifying biologically important pelagic …

KJ Kuletz, MC Ferguson, B Hurley, AE Gall… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Chukchi and Beaufort seas are undergoing rapid climate change and
increased human activity. Conservation efforts for upper trophic level predators such as …

Seabird vulnerability to oil: Exposure potential, sensitivity, and uncertainty in the northern Gulf of Mexico

PE Michael, KM Hixson, JC Haney, YG Satgé… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The northern Gulf of Mexico (nGoM) is a globally important region for oil extraction and
supports a diverse assemblage of marine birds. Due to their frequent contact with surface …

Predictions from machine learning ensembles: marine bird distribution and density on Canada's Pacific coast

CH Fox, FH Huettmann, GKA Harvey… - Marine Ecology …, 2017 - int-res.com
Increasingly disrupted and altered, the world's oceans are subject to immense and
intensifying anthropogenic pressures. Of the biota inhabiting these ecosystems, marine birds …

Effect of Environmental Variables on African Penguin Vocal Activity: Implications for Acoustic Censusing

F Hacker, F Terranova, GS Petersen, E Tourtigues… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Most seabird species are in need of effective conservation, with 43% being
near to globally threatened. Passive acoustic monitoring could serve as a cost-effective …

Light-level geolocators reveal spatial variations in interactions between northern fulmars and fisheries

B Dupuis, F Amélineau, A Tarroux, O Bjørnstad… - Marine Ecology …, 2021 - int-res.com
Seabird-fishery interactions are a common phenomenon of conservation concern. Here, we
highlight how light-level geolocators provide promising opportunities to study these …